Design Center Tutorial
Presentation possibilities in the Slideshow module, part 1: Preparing and selecting your photos
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Slideshow module layout
- Slideshow workflow
- Selecting and grouping photos for a slideshow
- Organizing and editing your images
The Slideshow module layout
Like all Lightroom modules, Slideshow uses the same organization of panels as the rest of Lightroom, as shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: The Slideshow module.
Here’s an overview of the four main panels and their functions:
- Center work area. This holds the main photo, plus slide details like titles.
- Right panel. As in all other modules, this is the adjustment side of the module. It is where you change backgrounds and other display features for individual slides, plus control the timing of the images and use of music.
- Bottom Filmstrip panel. This is a key element of Slideshow. It is where you arrange your photos in the order needed for the slideshow. While you probably hide it in other modules, this is one module where you need to keep it always available.
- Left panel. This is where you find more "presets," though, in this case, they are called templates, plus a preview photo.
In addition to the panels, there is once again a toolbar under the central photo that can be used to work on images, as shown in Figure 2. It includes these tools:
Figure 2: The toolbar under the central photo.
- Playback controls. These are at the left side of the toolbar. Play, at the right, plays your slideshow from the image you have selected from the Library grid or the Filmstrip. The others affect how you move around within your slideshow. The square at the left takes you to the beginning of your show images. Next are two arrows: the left one steps you backward through the photos, while the arrow to the right steps you forward through the images. This can be very helpful for seeing how one photo goes against another.
- ABC button. In the middle of the toolbar is a button labeled ABC that you click to add text or titles to your photos in your slideshow. When you click it, the Custom Text box appears (which also gives options for automated text based on metadata). Otherwise, this box simply shows the numbers of your images in the slideshow.
